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Spain - Canary Is. - Person with travel history from Sierra Leone under investigation for ebola - First tests negative

October 16th, 2014, 12:01 PM

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Active Health in Tenerife protocol hospitalization for a person with fever after traveling to Sierra Leone

Vista University Hospital of Our Lady of La Candelaria in Tenerife, which has enabled the protocol for suspected cases of Ebola, after being transferred a patient who left Sierra Leone for eight days and having a fever of 37.7 degrees. / Ramon de la Rocha (EFE)

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Europa Press 16 / oct / 14 14:41

The Ministry of Health of the Canary activated Hospitalization protocol to study the state of a man in relation to the Ebola virus as fever said Thursday, after having traveled to Sierra Leone on October 8 and return Tenerife on October 12.

He indicated he had a fever of 37.7 and is the second case in research in the Canaries. The Emergency Canario (SUC) has been activated to carry out the transfer of the patient from their home to the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Tenerife, where it is isolated, according to the regional government said in a statement.

The patient, upon entering, you are making the necessary analytics that will be sent to the Institute of Health Carlos III de Madrid and is expected to receive the results within 24 hours from receipt of the sample.

The Government emphasizes that the regional health priority right now, "is to find out the reason for the fever and proceed, if necessary, the clinical management of patients and the security of the professionals who care for you."

In this sense, the Canarian Government recalls that hospitals and professionals archipelago are prepared to handle this type of situation, so it is launching a message of calm to the population and confidence in the health system canary

This evening is called a press conference at 16:00 pm in Health headquarters in Santa Cruz de Tenerife to report this fact.

Other passengers were allowed to disembark. But a passenger with a fever who had traveled from Nigeria was taken by ambulance with a driver wearing protective gear to Madrid's Carlos III hospital.

Another person with a fever who came into contact with infected Spanish nursing assistant Teresa Romero before she was hospitalized on Oct. 6 was also sent to the same hospital, the Health Ministry said. Romero's condition, meanwhile, appeared to be improving, a ministry official said.

A missionary was transported to the hospital because he came down with a fever after returning to Spain from Liberia, where he treated Ebola patients, Spain's government said.

A fourth person, a Red Cross health worker who recently worked with Ebola patients in Sierra Leone, was hospitalized with a fever in Tenerife in the Canary Islands, officials said. Two roommates showing no symptoms were placed in hospital isolation as a precaution.
...http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSto...check-26235970

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The third joined the Madrid Medical Center has been a missionary of the Order of St. John of God to that recently returned from Liberia and has had direct contact with patients in the African country.

Although the religious should have been entered on the Thursday afternoon, did not reach the Madrid hospital until after midnight and the order to which he belongs has not reported on where he was. The test results will be released over the Friday morning.